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"Come to think of it, there is no safe level of living, but nobody would recommend abstention." I think I have found my new motto :-)
by marak830 8y ago
"Come to think of it, there is no safe level of living, but nobody would recommend abstention."
I think I have found my new motto :-)
- base698 8y ago"Never take life too seriously, no one gets out alive."
- mattnewport 8y agoIt's a vaguely amusing line but it doesn't actually make any sense in context.
- gnulinux 8y agoIt's a spiritual generalization of the statement "There is no safe level of driving, but the government does not recommend that people avoid driving." and thus it seems relevant to the context (and does make sense), not as a rational argument, but as a figure of speech to emphasize author's opinion about the subject.
- mattnewport 8y agoI disagree. It's equivalent to suggesting in a discussion about optimal poker strategies that you shouldn't play poker. In the context of the conversation it's already given that you've decided to play and you want to figure out how to win. Whether discussing driving or drinking it's assumed that you want to live and do so in the way that most optimally achieves your goals. Not playing the game isn't part of the discussion.
- sorokod 8y agoIsnt There is no safe level of driving one of the main motivations for self driving cars?
- salawat 8y agoNo. Because it doesn't change the fact you're hurtling along faster than nature could ever have prepared you for. Even worse, you're putting your faith in getting to where you want safely into some bored programmer's hands.
- sorokod 8y agoI wasn't taking this promise at face value :-) Only mentioning it as it is being sold to the masses.
- gnulinux 8y agoNo because there is also no safe level of being driven by a self-driving car, yet.
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